With a lower milk payout and a potentially hot, dry summer ahead, effective maize management to reduce nutrient and dry matter losses will be key. That’s the view of Nutrinza managing director Warren ...

Growing beans and sunflowers in forage maize has enabled a Pembrokeshire dairy farm to increase protein level in that silage to nearly 14.

The value of maize silage in beef rations is well recognised throughout the world. It is a competitive alternative feed to grass silage for winter rations. In a year such as this, with fantastic grain ...

INITIAL ANALYSIS may show good feed potential, but don’t overestimate the quality of your maize silage this winter, warns Frank Wright’s ruminant specialist Cara Freeston-Smith. “Overestimating the ...

Analysis of nearly 700 samples of maize silage suggest it should feed well this winter and complement this year’s grass silages. This is according to Liz Homer, ruminant technical development manager ...

Increasing numbers of Irish farmers are realising the benefits of incorporating Maize silage in their winter ration programme. It has been an excellent year for maize silage, the overall quality of ...

The CLAAS Jaguar 870 forage harvester shows off its capability handling dense maize silage.

IT IS one of the most popular forage crops in the world and now maize is becoming a fodder option for a number of Tasmania dairy and beef producers. This week the team from Andurt Silage were busy ...

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UP UNTIL now, the growing of forage maize in Scotland has largely been limited to the south-west, with dairy farmers being the main supporters of the crop. But yesterday more than one hundred farmers ...

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